Johannsen, JensJensJohannsenMeyer, FrancescaFrancescaMeyerFieg, GeorgGeorgFiegWaluga, ThomasThomasWaluga2020-06-102020-06-102020-01-29Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik 6 (92): 777-781 (2020-06-01)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6246Common methods for the chemical production of fatty aldehydes, widely applied as artificial flavors and fragrances, use fossil starting materials, harsh reaction conditions, and hazardous chemicals. This contribution introduces a novel, environmentally friendly process for the preparation of fatty aldehydes from the natural, renewable resource plant oil. It has successfully been shown that bringing a fatty acid into contact with zerovalent iron leads to the reduction of the fatty acid to the corresponding fatty aldehyde. In this paper, the three-step process is presented and discussed, exemplary for the preparation of dodecylaldehyd from dodecanoate.en0009-286X20206777781Wiley-VCH Verl.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Fatty aldehydesPlant oilRenewable resourcesZerovalent ironChemieTechnikJournal Article10.15480/882.279410.1002/cite.20190011110.15480/882.2794Other